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Sunday, July 29th, 2012
MICHAEL PHELPS CONTINUES HIS QUEST FOR MOST OLYMPIC CAREER MEDALS AS HE SWIMS THE 4X100 FREESTYLE RELAY ON NBC TOMORROW
LONDON – July 28, 2012 – Michaels Phelps competes in the 4×100 freestyle relay with another chance to medal, as he closes in on the record for most Olympic career medals tomorrow night in primetime on NBC. Phelps teammates in the event will include Jason Lezak, who famously closed out the French team for the gold in 2008 in Beijing; 400 individual medley gold medalist Ryan Lochte looks to extend his dominance in the 200 meter freestyle; and the Fab Five women’s gymnastics team, featuring Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross and Jordyn Wieber debuts in the team competition for Team USA.
NBC’s daytime will air coverage of Team USA men’s and women’s beach volleyball featuring Team USA’s Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser, competing against Kentaro Asahi and Katsuhiro Shiratori of Japan, and Team USA’s Jen Kessy and April Ross vs. Ana Zonta and Maria Gallay of Argentina, from legendary Horse Guards Parade, in the heart of ceremonial London just down the road from the Queen’s home at Buckingham Palace. Also on NBC during the daytime, the U.S. men’s water polo team, led by Tony Azevedo, takes on Montenegro, as Team USA looks to improve on their surprise silver medal from Beijing.
NBC Sports Network will air live coverage of men’s basketball, as the Dream Team competes against France at 9:30 a.m. ET followed by Spain vs. China live at 11:30 a.m.
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The next two day’s coverage includes:
SUNDAY, JULY 29 (Day 2)
NBC
7 a.m. – 6 p.m. (ET/PT)
Women’s Gymnastics – Team Competition
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Women’s Cycling – Road Race LIVE (ET/CT)
Beach Volleyball – LIVE (ET/CT)
Men’s – Rogers/Dalhausser (U.S.) vs. Asahi/Shiratori (Japan) LIVE (ET/CT)
Women’s – Kessy/Ross (U.S.) vs. Zonta/Gallay (Argentina) LIVE (ET/CT)
Men’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Serbia LIVE (ET/CT)
Men’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Montenegro LIVE (ET/CT)
- The women’s gymnastics competition begins with teams looking to position themselves for medal contention. With a tough international field, there’s little margin for error.
- Key qualifying competition in swimming includes the men’s 4×100 freestyle relay, which the United States won in dramatic fashion in 2008 with Jason Lezak’s heroic anchor leg to keep Michael Phelps’ quest for eight golds alive. Lezak and Phelps are again on the U.S. squad for this event. Plus, key qualifying swims from gold medal hopefuls Ryan Lochte, Missy Franklin and Rebecca Soni.
- LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of cycling’s women’s road race, as the world’s best female cyclists race through the heart of London. American Evelyn Stevens, who only bought her first bike in 2008 and gave up a career on Wall Street, could contend for a medal.
- Plus, LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of beach volleyball, always one of the most electric sports of the Games, from Horse Guards Parade in the heart of ceremonial London. Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser are the defending Olympic champions.
- LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the U.S. men’s volleyball team’s first match against Serbia. The Americans won their first Olympic gold in 20 years in Beijing and have been surging recently as they look to repeat as Olympic champions.
- LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the U.S. men’s water polo team’s first game against Montenegro. The U.S. men earned a surprise silver in Beijing, but are focused on gold in London, led by captain Tony Azevedo, the team sacrificed hundreds of thousands of dollars collectively by not playing professionally overseas this year to train together for the Olympics.
7 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Women’s Gymnastics – Team Competition
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s 100M Breaststroke
Men’s 4 x 100M Freestyle Relay
Women’s 100M Butterfly
Women’s 400M Freestyle
Women’s Diving – Synchronized Springboard Gold Medal Final
- The first look at the reigning world champion U.S. Women’s Gymnastics Team, led by reigning world all-around champion Jordyn Wieber, the 17-year-old from DeWitt, Michigan, and fast-rising 16-year-old wonder Gabby Douglas. They begin their pursuit of the team gold medal tonight – trying to become the first U.S. women to win team gymnastics gold since the “Magnificent Seven” won in Atlanta in 1996.
- Four years after Jason Lezak’s extraordinary anchor leg kept Michael Phelps on track for eight golds in Beijing, Phelps again swims for Team USA in the 4x100m freestyle relay in what figures to be another fierce contest with France and reigning world champion Australia. This should also be the night Phelps wins his 18th career medal to tie Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina for the most all time. Also in the pool, former Cal star Dana Vollmer is favored for gold in her signature event, the 100m butterfly. Allison Schmitt, who took the year off from the University Georgia to train alongside Phelps under coach Bob Bowman, will contend in the 400m freestyle with home favorite and reigning Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington of Great Britain. Brendan Hansen and cancer survivor Eric Shanteau will try to knock off the greatest breaststroker in history, Japan’s Kosuke Kitajima, in the 100m breaststroke.
- In the first diving final, Kelci Bryant, who finished a heartbreaking fourth in Beijing, teams with new partner Abby Johnston, a pre-med student at Duke, in the women’s synchronized springboard competition. The U.S. hasn’t won a diving medal since the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and Bryant and Johnston, who have finished in the top four in every competition this season, will be looking to reverse the trend in the team’s first chance.
12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT)
Gymnastics – Women’s Team Competition
Canoeing – Whitewater Qualifying Heats
- The Canoe Slalom competition gets underway on a new course built specifically for the Games. Paddlers will need speed, control and precision on the daunting whitewater rapids.
NBC SPORTS NETWORK
4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Men’s Basketball –
U.S. vs. France (LIVE)
Brazil vs. Australia (LIVE)
Spain vs. China (LIVE)
Argentina vs. Lithuania (LIVE)
Women’s Field Hockey –
U.S. vs. Germany (LIVE)
New Zealand vs. Australia (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball –
Men’s – Alison/Emanuel (Brazil) vs. Doppler/Horst (Austria)
Women’s – Cicolari/Menegatti (Italy) vs. Ukolova/Khomyakova (Russia)
Women’s – Talita/Antonelli (Brazil) vs. Meppelink/Van Gestel (Netherlands) (LIVE)
Equestrian – Eventing Dressage
Women’s Archery – Team Gold Medal Final
Women’s Shooting – Skeet Gold Medal Final
Men’s Water Polo – Greece vs. Croatia (LIVE)
Women’s Field Hockey – U.S. vs. Germany (LIVE)
Men’s Badminton – Bach/Gunawan (U.S.) vs. Koo/Tan (Malaysia)
Women’s Table Tennis – Hsing (U.S.) vs. Ni (Luxembourg)
Women’s Weightlifting – 53KG Gold Medal Final
NBC SPORTS NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS
- LIVE coverage as LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and the rest of the star-studded U.S. men’s basketball team take to the floor for their first action of the London Games, against France. Also today, Spain, the reigning Olympic silver medalist led by Lakers star Pau Gasol, takes on China.
BRAVO
7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Tennis – Early Rounds (LIVE)
BRAVO HIGHLIGHTS
- The men’s and women’s singles and doubles tennis competitions continue with live coverage from the historic grass courts of Wimbledon.
MSNBC
7 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Brazil vs. Belarus (LIVE)
Senegal vs. Uruguay (LIVE)
Great Britain vs. United Arab Emirates (LIVE)
Men’s Indoor Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Russia vs. Germany (LIVE)
Italy vs. Poland
Men’s Water Polo – Hungary vs. Serbia
Men’s Handball – Croatia vs. South Korea
Women’s Archery – Team Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS
- Plenty of live action in men’s soccer, as the talented Brazilian squad takes on Belarus and host Great Britain meets United Arab Emirates.
CNBC
8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts (LIVE)
3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts (LIVE)
CNBC HIGHLIGHTS
- The second day of Olympic boxing coverage features two Americans with strong medal hopes in Errol Spence, Jr., a 22-year-old Dallas southpaw, and Jose Ramirez, the son of Mexican immigrants, who is a part-time student and former Starbucks barista.
NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL
4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round
U.S. vs. France (LIVE)
Brazil vs. Australia (LIVE)
Nigeria vs. Tunisia (LIVE)
Spain vs. China (LIVE)
Russia vs. Great Britain (LIVE)
Argentina vs. Lithuania (LIVE)
NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL
7 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
Egypt vs. New Zealand (LIVE)
Brazil vs. Belarus (LIVE)
Senegal vs. Uruguay (LIVE)
Great Britain vs. United Arab Emirates (LIVE)
Mexico vs. Gabon
Japan vs. Morocco
South Korea vs. Switzerland
Spain vs. Honduras
TELEMUNDO
7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
Mexico vs. Gabon (LIVE)
Spain vs. Honduras (LIVE)
Senegal vs. Uruguay (LIVE)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round
Boxing – Elimination Bouts
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Men’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Tennis – Early Rounds
Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Women’s Gymnastics – Team Competition
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
3D
4 a.m. – 6:15 p.m.
Men’s Gymnastics – Team Competition
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
MONDAY, JULY 30 (Day 3)
NBC
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (9 a.m. CT/PT)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Men’s Beach Volleyball – Gibb/Rosenthal (U.S.) vs. Fijalek/Prudel (Poland) (LIVE)
Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Brazil (LIVE)
Women’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Hungary (LIVE)
Rowing – Qualifying Heats
Canoeing – Women’s Whitewater K-1 Qualifying Heats
- Michael Phelps swims in the qualifying rounds of the 200 butterfly, an event he has won at the past two Games, including in Beijing when his goggles filled with water and he swam blind, relying on stroke count to get through the race. Plus, Phelps’ training partner Allison Schmitt and 17-year-old phenom Missy Franklin have their qualifying swims in the 200 freestyle, an event both in which both should contend for a medal.
- LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the U.S. women’s volleyball team vs. Brazil. Led by Hugh McCutcheon, who coached the U.S. men to the Olympic title in 2008, the American women are favored to win their first Olympic gold.
- LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the U.S. women’s water polo team vs. Hungary. The Americans have earned a medal at each of the three Olympics since women’s water polo made its Olympic debut in 2000, but have never won gold. They look to have their strongest team yet in London.
- Plus, LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of beach volleyball, always one of the most electric sports of the Games, from Horse Guards Parade in the heart of ceremonial London. Also, the third day of the rowing competition from prestigious Eton Dorney, and qualifying in whitewater canoeing.
8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s 200M Freestyle
Men’s 100M Backstroke
Women’s 100M Backstroke
Women’s 100M Breaststroke
Men’s Gymnastics – Team Gold Medal Final
Men’s Diving – Synchronized Platform Gold Medal Final
Women’s Beach Volleyball – May-Treanor/Walsh (U.S.) vs. Slukova/Kolocova (Czech Republic)
- In what should be one of the best races of the Games, reigning world champion Ryan Lochte takes on a stacked international field in the 200m freestyle. Meanwhile, 17-year-old Colorado phenom Missy Franklin appears in her first individual final, among the favorites in the 100m backstroke. In the 100m breaststroke, reigning world champion Rebecca Soni tackles the first leg of a breaststroke sweep no woman has accomplished in 16 years. And Matt Grevers aims to win the fifth straight U.S. gold in the 100m backstroke, following the retirement of Athens and Beijing champion Aaron Peirsol.
- In gymnastics, the U.S. men will contend for their third consecutive medal in the team competition. Their prospects look strong with a deep group led by an unlikely pair of newcomers: Bronx native John Orozco and Cuban-born Danell Leyva.
- Beijing veteran David Boudia and new partner Nick McCrory, a Duke pre-med student whose uncle won swimming silver for Great Britain in 1976, are bidding to win the first U.S. diving medal since the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Great Britain’s teen idol Tom Daley and his partner Peter Waterfield are among the other contenders hoping to upset the Chinese.
- Beach volleyball, one of the Games’ hottest sports, comes to Horse Guards Parade in the heart of ceremonial London. Just down the road from the Queen’s home at Buckingham Palace, the Queens of the sand, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings, are eyeing a golden three-peat after sweeping the competition in Athens and Beijing without dropping a set.
12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Semifinals
Canoeing – Men’s Whitewater C-2 Qualifying Heats
- Coverage includes semifinal action from the pool at the Olympic Aquatics Centre, as top swimmers try to qualify for Tuesday’s finals.
NBC SPORTS NETWORK
4 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Angola (LIVE)
Women’s Beach Volleyball – Zhang/Xue (China) vs. Kuhn/Zumkehr (Switzerland) (LIVE)
Women’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Serbia vs. South Korea (LIVE)
Italy vs. Japan (LIVE)
Equestrian – Eventing Cross Country (LIVE)
Boxing – Elimination Bouts
Men’s Field Hockey – South Korea vs. New Zealand (LIVE)
Men’s Archery – Individual Elimination Round
Men’s Shooting – 10M Air Rifle Gold Medal Final
Women’s Badminton – Wang (U.S.) vs. Wang (China.)
NBC SPORTS NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS
- In women’s basketball, defending Olympic gold medalist Team USA takes on Angola.
Led by former UConn stars Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi and Maya Moore, the Americans are favored to win their fifth straight gold. Plus live coverage of beach volleyball and women’s volleyball.
BRAVO
7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Tennis – Early Rounds (LIVE)
BRAVO HIGHLIGHTS
- The men’s and women’s singles and doubles tennis competitions continue with live coverage from the historic grass courts of Wimbledon.
MSNBC
9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Women’s Water Polo – (LIVE)
Spain vs. China (LIVE)
Italy vs. Australia (LIVE)
Women’s Beach Volleyball – (LIVE)
Larissa/Juliana (Brazil) vs. Holtwick/Semmler (Germany) (LIVE)
D. Schwaiger/S.Schwaiger (Austria) vs. Cook/Hinchley (Australia) (LIVE)
Women’s Basketball – Russia vs. Brazil (LIVE)
Weightlifting – Women’s 58KG Gold Medal Final
Men’s Field Hockey – Great Britain vs. Argentina (LIVE)
Women’s Handball – France vs. Spain
Table Tennis – Qualifying Round
Men’s Badminton – Bach/Gunawan (U.S.) vs. Kawamae/Sato (Japan) (LIVE)
MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS
- Another packed day of coverage, with live contests in women’s basketball and water polo and gold medal finals in weightlifting.
CNBC
5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts
CNBC HIGHLIGHTS
- Cincinnati native Rau’shee Warren becomes the first American boxer to compete in three Games when he steps into the ring in London.
NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL
4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
U.S. vs. Angola (LIVE)
Russia vs. Brazil (LIVE)
France vs. Australia (LIVE)
Croatia vs. China (LIVE)
Czech Republic vs. Turkey (LIVE)
Great Britain vs. Canada (LIVE)
NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL
Best of Soccer Qualifying Round
TELEMUNDO
9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Women’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Tennis – Early Rounds
Boxing – Elimination Bouts
Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Gymnastics – Team Gold Medal Final
Men’s Diving –Synchronized Platform Gold Medal Final
3D
5 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Women’s Gymnastics – Team Competition
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Diving –Synchronized Springboard Gold Medal Final
